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Ivory Coast considers cocoa price cut after Ghana

Andrew Mbeki February 19, 2026

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast could emulate Ghana by cutting the price paid to farmers for their cocoa beans, Reuters reported Thursday citing government sources. Ghana said last week it was cutting the price paid to farmers by nearly 30 percent to 41,000 cedis (around $3,700) per tonne of cocoa.

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Cocoa Glut Leaves Ivory Coast in Uncertainty as Market Prices Collapse

Andrew Mbeki January 19, 2026

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is facing an unprecedented deadlock. Since October last year, with prices plummeting on the global market, exports have been slow and stocks are building up. The industry has been left in limbo, as Marty Somda, director of Cabend cooperative, explains. “Today, producers are dying. Producers are […]

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Cocoa farming boosts livelihood, wildlife in Cameroon

Andrew Mbeki August 12, 2025

Cameroon In the heart of Cameroon’s cacao country, Indigenous Baka communities are proving that sustainable farming can protect both livelihoods and wildlife.   Local Indigenous farmers depend on the rainforest for income from cocoa cultivation, but also for food and medicine.  “We live with the forest and the forest lives with us. And now we live […]

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Low rainfall damages crops in Ivory Coast

Andrew Mbeki July 28, 2025

Ivory Coast Cocoa farmers in Ivory Coast say a cold spell and lack of rainfall could lead to crop damage and reduced expectations for the October to March harvest.   Rainfall was well below average last week across most of Ivory Coast’s main cocoa-growing regions, while a cold spell has raised concerns among farmers about potential […]